Kendall Howell
Associate in our Financial Institutions practice, based in Washington DC.
Kendall counsels banks, fintechs and technology companies on regulatory, enforcement and transactional matters, with a focus on anti-money laundering / countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance and artificial intelligence (AI) governance.
Besides AML/CFT, his work in the national security space includes matters involving economic sanctions. He represents clients in examinations, investigations and enforcement proceedings before FinCEN, the Federal Reserve, the OCC, the FDIC and state regulators. His experience includes advising banks and fintechs on banking-as-a-service and third-party risk management frameworks.
Kendall regularly writes and presents on emerging compliance, governance and risk management issues at the intersection of financial regulation, digital assets and AI.
Experience
Recent Work
- FIBRA Macquarie $375 million financing
- Chime $993.6 million IPO
- Incora emerges from chapter 11
- Nidec ¥257 billion tender offer for Makino Milling Machine
- Affirm Holdings $920 million convertible senior notes offering
- Citi acquisition of Barclays American Airlines co-branded card portfolio
- Gallatin Point Capital $150 million minority investment in Discount Bank
- Truist $15.5 billion sale of remaining stake in Truist Insurance to investor group
- Kakao Pay and Siebert Financial mutually agree to terminate stock purchase agreement
- Sibanye-Stillwater $211.5 million acquisition of Reldan
- Carrier Global €12 billion acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions
- Kroger $4.75 billion Albertsons acquisition financing
- Signature Bank $732 million stock offering
- Crocs $2.5 billion HEYDUDE acquisition financing commitment
- Sibanye-Stillwater joint venture with ioneer on lithium-boron project
- Digital Turbine $400 million revolving credit facility
Insights
News
Education
- cum laude
- Principal Senior Editor, Harvard National Security Journal
Prior experience
- U.S. Army, 2013-2016
Qualifications and admissions
- District of Columbia